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After a long, meandering speech that took in far-future transport options such as ride sharing, personal drones as individual transportation, electric vehicles and driverless buses, Matthais Müller chief executive of the Volkswagen Group, introduced the concept I.D Vizzion, a Passat-sized, two-door coupé without a steering wheel.

I.D. Vizzion is a vision of a VW premium-class saloon (note these carefully chosen words) capable of fully autonomous driving with communications with its passengers via an augmented reality using Microsoft Hololens, a holographic imagining system in a pair of glasses.

The car will facially scan its occupants to give a range of personalised services from adjusting the heater controls and seats, to chosing music and routes, and it has a degree of machine learning.

It's the fourth in the series of I.D. battery electric models, the first three consisting of the first compact I.D; the I.D. Crozz which is an SUV; and the I.D. Buzz which is a van/MPV designed to vaguely resemble Volkswagen's microbus.

VW claims that they will start to be produced within two years using its common electronic architecture, which like the Tesla system, places the 111kWh lithium-ion battery pack in the floor. Twin 225kW motors are used, one for each axle to give four-wheel drive, and the range is claimed to be around 665km (413 miles).

"It shows a future that isn't just metal boxes, it is the top sedan of the I.D. range," said Herbert Diess VW chairman. "We will produce it from 2022."